Brian’s long love of Boston leads to telling a story of vision, ego, personality clashes and tragedy and the two men who combined to make one of the most inventive rock bands of the 70s.
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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes discussion of suicide and sexual misconduct.
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SHOW NOTES:
http://rockandrollgarage.com/how-boston-tom-scholz-made-their-entire-debut-album-in-his-basement/
https://www.thirdstage.ca/boston/the-band/former-members/brad-delp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goudreau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scholz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Delp
https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-boston-flew-so-high-and-fell-so-far
https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/scholz-v-boston-herald/
The actual court decision on Scholz vs the Herald: https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/imported/2014-05-02-scholz-v-boston-herald.pdf
Archive of lawsuit briefs/decisions/documents: https://www.thirdstage.ca/boston/articles/legal-documents
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/brad-delp-suicide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boston_band_members
The Boston Herald piece with important parts highlighted: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/525ed589e4b07b05fff51e46/t/585b2884725e25b52bb8eaf4/1482369156574/Boston+Herald+Reporting.pdf
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